Did the images of Katrina change your perceptions of African Americans?

Answer 1

some did yes. it was a little depressing to see so many people abandonded by their own mayor and state officials. living in hurricane country it was also disheartening to see people just waiting for the federal government to come and take care of them - white or black. one man said he was upset (this is a few months ago) that the government still hadn't fixed his mothers roof so he had to do it himself -- i wanted to shake him and say -- i fixed my parents TWICE. thankfully the first time i had help from my brother but the second - yeah i was on my own and also did a neighbors.
i didn't see it as a black or white issue until mayor nagyn made it one. he let his people down - it's HIS & the govn'rs responsibility to call for a state of emergency so the fed's can do their thing. florida had hundreds of first responders ready and waiting - however they could not just go and take over until the state of emergency was declared. gov' bush told them days before it even hit to declare the status but for some reason - they didn't.

Answer 2

Not at all Going to the Stadium only showed orderly evac under the circumstances. The pictures of looting gave me trouble until the rescuers were shown taking wet stuff off of people because of the bad water. But it ticks me off that the Gov.didn't declare an emergency did you know FEMA cant come in unless asked by the Gov. because of Constitutional States Rights Clause. Why didn't the Mayor use the school buses to get people out 11thousand buses holding 45 people each could have avoided a lot of pain. Even if each bus drive was allowed to take his own family a lo;t of old people and babies could have been saved.
My image of Politicians only went downhill. The Gov and Mayor diverted Federal Levey money on other things and then blamed the Fed's.
What relay breaks my heart the people born and raised in NO because they were renters.
The property owners aren't going to build low income home because the land will be to valuable now.

Answer 3

Not at all. I felt sorry for them and thought it was awful that New Orleans or the Louisiana goverment didn't have a better plan for it's people. They gave 3 or 4 days warning to leave. The Mayor should have gotten everyone out of there especially the poor people who didn't have cars to be able to leave. They've been talking for years about what would happen if a hurricane of magnitude 3 or4 ever hit and they knew the levees wouldn't hold for long. There should have been an evacuation plan in place way before Katrina ever hit. It's like the way they talk about the big earthquake that they say will eventually happen in California and they, too should have an action plan for their state and cities.

Answer 4

In what regard, PM?
Katrina hit all the races of America that day, and there were good PEOPLE helping others...
and bad PEOPLE hurting others...
Seems humans were doing what their personal moral code told them to do - regardless of the color of their skin.
Interesting worded question...

"Did the images of Katrina change your perceptions of African Americans?" -- No.

Answer 5

Change it from what to what? I grew up in New Orleans, the majority of blacks are freeloaders and cry babies. They have done more damage to the city than any hurricane ever did. In 1969 hurricane Betsy did almost as much damage, there was no help from the Feds, all of us rebuilt that city in less than a year. Now all they want to do is whine and beg for more handouts.

Answer 6

I believe that things were not handled right for anyone. I do not see how it has turned into a race issue when it was nature. I understand why some people were not able to get out,their were whites and blacks stranded for day's. It does make me angry when I see these stories on T.V. and the only thing you here is how there were nothing but blacks left down there. It was simply a matter of the able v.s. the unable. Poor v.s. rich. so no it did not change my mind we are all Americans no matter what our skin color and i understand people wanting to point the bl am because they do not understand why no one came to help sooner.

Answer 7

It made me realize that there are allot of lazy, low life people living in the New Orleans area that was looking for something for nothing. Most of their lives are so much better because they had to move. Too bad they didn't get enough ambition. What really got me is they said to evaculate. There was some idiot whose mother was very ill and in a wheel chair and he waited until AFTER everyone had been evacuated to get his disabled mother out of the house. She died. He is blaming the government. I blame HIM. He could have gotten her out of there. The BLACK mayor left the city. The people who were to evacuate the people left....left the buses in the middle of the street and were destroyed by the floods. Yes, I am bitter and hate the lazy people who suck our government dry.

Answer 8

No , but it was a reaffirmation for me that AMERICA hasn't change as much as some think. It's funny how our country could send aid oversea for victims of the Tsunami within 48 hours, but took almost a week to help the poor black people in their own country. I was sickened by this display.

Answer 9

i favor to imagine my husband and myself are efficient black human beings. For me, I commonly get that i'm attempting to be white. My husband is the alternative. inspite of the reality that he makes wwwaaaayyyy extra money than I do and carry an impressive position, he's respected as a efficient black guy. i imagine for me, it really is because i'm mild skinned. we modify it through starting up with our youthful toddlers. we favor to enable them keep in mind that the flexibility contained in the black community comes with practise and success so as that we'd help the subsequent era. once our youthful toddlers are raised with that approach, the subsequent era will see issues in yet in a unique way.

Answer 10

Nope. I was in Los Angeles during the 1992 riots.
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